I've heard that Tesla dreamed of creating mechanisms to generate free, unlimited energy, and that he was stopped from doing so by his peers, in especial Thomas Edison. Was he right? Did he actually have a way to produce unlimited energy? Has anyone been able to replicate such a machine?
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Tesla developed methods of energy distribution which were difficult to charge for, so it was hard to run them profitably. This is what is meant by "free energy" in the Tesla story.
It's not energy that comes from nowhere, it's more like a way to transmit energy using the Earth-ground and the upper atmosphere or something, so there is no cable. This means that you could not easily meter who is using the energy or cut them off. But it doesn't explain how to produce the energy in the first place so it's more like a distribution method than a source.
He may have been 'stopped by his peers' in the sense that he was economically out-competed or out-maneuvered by Edison. Tesla was an engineer's engineer and he didn't put enough effort into business management or profit-generation.
It's possible to this day to replicate his machines and you can read electrical engineering textbooks if you want to learn how. Warning, it will probably turn out to be expensive, a bit dangerous, and un-economical, and you probably won't get funding.
It's an interesting story but I don't think there are any conspiracies in there.
Thanks. Has anyone tried to make a Tesla energy machine? I'm curious if it's been attempted before.
It looks like there are a bunch of demos on Youtube and Google if you just search for Tesla tower replica.
Replicating it isn't hard, it's just that it's inefficient/unprofitable/dangerous/etc.